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Our History

Ambrose E. Greene develops and starts manufacture of the original SPEED-VISE in 1924 in Berkeley, CA.

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Cardinal Machine Company acquires the Greene SPEED-VISE in the late 1930s and moves production to Glendale, CA.

Revisions and updates to the vise are made in the 1940s

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During World War Two, production was shifted over to helping the war effort. Cardinal Tool produced the gun carriage and mount of the M-5 Tank

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Further refinements were made to the vise in the late 1970s to increase strength and durability

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Cardinal Tool is acquired by Tolman Tool Mfg. in 1994 and manufacture was relocated to Pomona, CA

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